Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
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Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
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Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
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Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
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Passages linked to Proverbs 6:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16 but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until Yahweh’s wrath arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
- Jeremiah 19:11 and shall tell them, ‘Yahweh of Armies says: “Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel, that can’t be made whole again. They will bury in Topheth, until there is no place to bury.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape.
- Psalms 73:18-20 Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction. How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors. As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
- Proverbs 1:27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come on you.
- Isaiah 30:13-14 therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant. He will break it as a potter’s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing, so that there won’t be found among the broken pieces a piece good enough to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.”
- Psalms 50:22 “Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.
- Proverbs 29:1 He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 6:15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly…
Pro 6:15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
Ver. 15. Suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.] A dismal doom: broken, and not bruised only; "suddenly" broken, when they least dream or dread the danger. And this "without remedy"; no possibility of piecing them up again, or putting them into a better condition. See this exemplified in Nabal, {1Sa 25:36-38} and Doeg. {Psa 52:1-9}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Heb. and there shall be no healing; no prevention…
Heb. and there shall be no healing; no prevention of it beforehand, nor recovery afterward.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain These six things doth the Lord hate,.... That is,…
These six things doth the Lord hate,.... That is, the six following, which are all to be found in a man of Belial, a wicked man before described. There are other things besides these that God hates, and indeed more so; as sins against the first table, which more immediately strike at his being, horror, and glory; these being such as are against the second table, but are mentioned, as more especially appearing in the character of the above person; and must be hateful to God, as contrary to his nature, will, and law;
yea, seven are an abomination unto him; or, "the abomination of his soul" (c); what his soul abhors, or he abhors from his very heart: meaning not seven others, but one more along with the six, which make seven; a like way of speaking, see in Pro 30:15. Nor is the word "abomination" to be restrained to the "seventh", or "hatred" to the "sixth"; but they are all to be supposed to be hateful and abominable to the Lord; though some think the cardinal number is put for the ordinal, "seven" for the "seventh"; as if the seventh, which is sowing discord among brethren, was of all the most abominable, Pro 6:19; it being what was last mentioned in the character of the wicked man, Pro 6:14; and which seems to have given occasion to, and for the sake of which this enumeration is made.
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(c) "abominatio ejus animae", Montanus, Vatablus, Mercerus, Cocceius, Michaelis, Schultens.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 15. Suddenly shall he be broken] Probably alluding…
Verse 15. Suddenly shall he be broken] Probably alluding to some punishment of the adulterer, such as being stoned to death. A multitude shall join together, and so overwhelm him with stones, that he shall have his flesh and bones broken to pieces, and there shall be no remedy-none to deliver or pity him.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The duper and the dupe shall share the same…
The duper and the dupe shall share the same calamity.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Suddenness aggravates evil (compare Pro 6:11; Pro 29:1).
Suddenness aggravates evil (compare Pro 6:11; Pro 29:1).
calamity--literally, "a crushing weight."
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broken--shivered as a potter's vessel; utterly destroyed (Psa 2:9).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 15. Broken — Shivered, dashed to pieces. This verse…
15. Broken — Shivered, dashed to pieces. This verse expresses more forcibly and in a clearer manner the idea of Pro_6:11. Comp. Pro_29:1; Isa_1:28; Isa_30:14; Jer_19:11; Job_40:11.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) Suddenly shall he be broken.—Shattered as a potter’s…
(15) Suddenly shall he be broken.—Shattered as a potter’s vessel (Isa_30:14), without hope of recovery. This character of a malicious mischief-maker would seem to be especially hateful to God; it is described in like terms in Psalms 64 and a similar fate foretold of it; in Pro_6:19 also it is held up as the very worst of the seven detestable things there mentioned.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he…
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. Great sins, as Muffet, in loc., observes, have great punishments; neither only great, but sudden. Therefore; Hebrew, al-ken. A Nemesis or retribution awaits this man of malice and deceit. His calamity or destruction is represented as the direct result of, as flowing forth from, what he has done. His calamity; Hebrew, eydo. On eyd, see Pro_1:26. Shall come suddenly; i.e. sooner than he anticipates; when he thinks his diabolical plans are succeeding, then suddenly his victims will discover his fraud and malice, and will rise and inflict the punishment which is his due. Suddenly; petha, a variation of pithom just used. Shall he be broken; Hebrew, yish-shaver; Vulgate, conteretur. The verb shavar, "to break," "to break to pieces," is used of ships which are wrecked; (Isa_14:29 Eze_27:34 Jon_1:4) of an army which is defeated and dispersed; (Dan_11:22 2Ch_14:12) of the destruction of a kingdom, city, or people; (Isa_8:15 Jer_48:4) and of the complete prostration of the spirit of man by affliction; (Psa_34:19) and as such, in the passage before us, conveys the idea of the complete ruin of this man. It is a destruction that shall break him up. Without remedy (Hebrew, v"eyn marpe; literally, and there is no remedy. There shall be, as Fleischer, as it were, no means of recovery for his shattered members. His destruction shall be irremediable, or as the LXX, a suntribh aniaqtov , a contritio insanibilis; or as the Vulgate, nec habebit ultra medicinam. The idea seems to be taken from the shattered fragments of a potter"s vessel, which it is impossible to reunite. So in the case of the man whose life has been one of fraud, deceit, and malice, there is for him no hope of any recovery. The language may seem exaggerated, but the picture is painted with this high colouring to exhibit a strong deterrent to such a line of conduct, and further, it may be remarked that, in the present day, only the most confiding would again put trust in a man who has wilfully and maliciously deceived them. (cf. Isa_30:14) The second hemistich of this verse occurs again verbatim in Pro_29:1.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 6:15 Even if wicked people seem to prosper, they…
6:15 Even if wicked people seem to prosper, they will suddenly be punished.
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